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Sayburç

Sayburç is an Early PPNB settlement near Şanlıurfa, best known for a five-figure bench relief with two humans, two leopards, and a bull. It also matters because special imagery sits beside houses.

The Sayburç excavation. (Site view; not a photograph of this find.)

The Sayburç excavation. (Site view; not a photograph of this find.) — Wikimedia Commons

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Structure BB →Northern communal / relief-bearing building →Southern residential buildings →Structure AB →Structure CB →Structure CD →Structure DA →Secondary burial and body-processing contexts →Stitched-mouth figure context →Göbekli Tepe →Karahan Tepe →Sefertepe →Çakmaktepe →Sayburç — the whole site →All questions answered →

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Last reviewed 21 July 2026. Something wrong?